2024 Politics - 2024 NPPA Best of Photojournalism

First Place

Alex Kent/Independent

Rep. Justin Pearson (D-TN) is comforted by his fiancee and parents while crying following his reinstatement to the Tennessee legislature. Pearson was expelled alongside another legislator for partipating in an anti-gun protest in the House Chamber following the deadly mass shooting at Covenant Elementary.

Second Place

US Congress

Andrew Harnik/Associated Press

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., left, pulls Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., back as they talk with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and others during the 14th round of voting for speaker as the House meets for the fourth day to try and elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. At right is Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.

Third Place

Biden Reacts

Thomas Brenner/Independent

President Joe Biden jokingly reacts to the proximity of a television news boom microphone, while speaking to journalists on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

Honorable Mention

McCarthy

Matt McClain/Washington Post

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media as House Republicans met at the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday October 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. House members are seeking a new Speaker of the House.